Sound Quiz - Quiz on Sound (Science)

Sound Quiz (Science Quiz)

A Quiz on sound

1.Study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids) is called

Acoustics
Phonetics
Semiology
Agonistics

2.Sound cannot travel through

Air
Liquid
Solid
Vaccum

3.Sound can propagate through a medium such as air, water and solids as

Longitudinal waves
Transverse waves
Lattitudinal waves
Magnetic waves

4.Sound is transmitted through solids as

Transverse Waves
Longitudinal waves
None of the above
Both the above

5.Sound travels most slowly in

Liquid
Solid
Plasma
Gases

6.Transvers waves is also called as

Longitudinal waves
Shear waves
Compression waves
Pressure waves

7.The reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound is termed as

Noise
Amplitude
Echo
Pitch

8.Sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing

Ultrasound
Resonance
Sone
Supersound

9.The unit of subjective loudness of sound

Decibal
Sone
Phon
Hertz

10.The unit to measure the intensity of sound

Hertz
Decibel
Sone
Degree

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